"Issued Before I Went to New Guinea" Ex-soldier in Trouble Over Blankets
Charged with having had in his custody at Parramatta on December 31 two blankets which might reasonably be suspected of being stolen or unlawfully…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1944
12,842 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 250
Hills District Escaped the Bombs and Matrimony! Hills Soldier Home After Three Years with Forestry Unit in England and Scotland
Back home at Castle Hill, after three years in England and Scotland with Abbott says that songs about "White Christmases" just leave him cold!…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Citizenship for Six U.s. Soldiers
Six enlisted men of the United States Army will become United States citizens in a special ceremony in Sydney this afternoon. The men…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Man Denies He Is Soldier Court-martial Case
A district court-martial yesterday began the trial of a man whom the Army claims to be a soldier, but whose defence is…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Winds Revive Bushfire Soldiers Help To Fight Blaze
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.âA bushfire broke out afresh tonight at Sheep Station Corner, a few miles from Beechworth,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →19 In One House, Says Soldier
Archibald Knight Garraway, discharged soldier, of Glebe-road, Glebe, told Parramatta Court today that he and his wife and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers Thank Wharf Laborer
MR. EDDIE WRIGHT, who collected more them £600 from fellow wharf-laborers for the Daily Telegraph Christmas Hamper…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →U.S. Soldiers Wont Wife Bon Lifted
NEW YORK, Tuesday (A.A.P.).-- U.S. soldiers in Australia feel strongly that Australian girls they marry should be allowed into America…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Engaged to Pilot-soldier
The engagement is announced of Miss Vicki O'Conor, youngest daughter of the late Mr. John O'Conor and of Mrs. H…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldiers Bring Back Souvenirs
BACK FROM New Guinea with other Australian soldier wounded in the jungle fighting are Sapper Ted Gibson (top),…
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BACK FROM New Guinea with other Australian soldiers wounded in the jungle fighting are Sapper Ted Gibson (top),…
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BACK FROM New Guinea with other, Australian soldievs wounded in the jungle fighting are Sapper Ted Gibson (top),…
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BACK FROM New Guinea with other Australian soldier wounded in the jungle fighting are Sapper Ted Gibson (top)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crash Landing Saves Wounded Gunner
A Liberator bomber was so badly shot about during a raid on Kjeller, Norway, that it was reduced to a flying junk heap, but was landed at an American bomber station in Britain. The crew baled out over the aerodrome and landed without injury. The ballturret gunner was wounded and could not bale out, so the pilot made a crash landing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →General MacArthur "Like Caged Or Wounded Lion"
NEW YORK, Wednesday (A.A.P.).--General MacArthur "seems like a caged or wounded lion, suffering deeply," says Raymond Clapper in a message to New York World Telegram from Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ramu Wounded Return Sergeant in Duel With Grenades
Sergeant Tom McMahon, M.M., of Boulder, Western Australia, saw only the first stages of the battle of Shaggy Ridge, which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Decorated For War Service
Corporal Lesley Warne, of North Adelaide, who is the first member of the A.A.M.W.S. to be decorated, is on leave in…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Island Control After War
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Hughes, to-day deprecated discussion, at present,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Japanese Prisoner of War
This Japanese prisoner of war was left behind by his comrades to die when they evacuated the Sanga River area. He was too weak to keep up with the retreating troops. Some of the Japanese left behind were too weak to feed themselves…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →500 War Workers Resume
The 500 men who went on strike at a war factory on Tuesday agreed to resume work yesterday. The night shift started last night…
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